Nikos

Before I start ordering parts I want to know what would do you think it would be worth on average. I plan to document the whole rebuilt with pics and receipts.

94 White Civic CX with 150K miles on body. No rust, no dents

96 b18c1 with almost 0 miles on new rebuilt block with
New ITR pistons
New ITR rods
New oil pump
New oil seals
New water pump
New Main bearings, New rod bearings, New thrust washers
Of course new o-rings and gaskets
Crank polished and grinded
98 GSR head with 48K miles on it
GS-R trasmission with no grinds
Chipped P28

The rest of the car would be stock... 100%

Mike_C

why does the body only have 150 miles? Regardless of mileage, if it has been out in the weather it's still an old body.

I've really never seen such a thing so I have no basis for my estimate, I'd say 7-8k?

Nikos

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JMU1337 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why does the body only have 150 miles? Regardless of mileage, if it has been out in the weather it's still an old body.

I've really never seen such a thing so I have no basis for my estimate, I'd say 7-8k?</TD></TR></TABLE>

oops, I meant 150K

Mike_C

6k

Nikos

strange........


Car can sell for $3000 easy....
GS-R tranny for $600 easy
GS-R shortblock complete $600 easy
GS-R head complete $600 easy
all mounts, axles $200 way easy
linkage $100 easy
harness obd2 $50 easy
ECU $200
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$6350!!!!

And that's without

the new parts I mentioned which will run me an easy $800-$1000 or even more..

What is the lesson to be learned from all of this?

Mike_C

how are you going to sell a motorless car for 3k?

and the lesson learned, a built car will always sell for less than the parts put in to it.

Nikos

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JMU1337 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how are you going to sell a motorless car for 3k?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I assumed you guys know it has the Stock CX motor in it with 150K miles.

Nikos

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JMU1337 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
and the lesson learned, a built car will always sell for less than the parts put in to it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

How come labor/installation is never accounted for?

It doesn't make sense to me.

I think the lesson to be learned is this:

Buy from Honda-tech people, sell to local ricers

2000blackgsr

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Nikos &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

How come labor/installation is never accounted for?

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Because a lot of people do the work themselves.

Nikos

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 96coupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Because a lot of people do the work themselves.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes but shops wil charge $500-$1000 to install a swap.

basically, I think that when you have a $3000 car and $3000 parts, combined together it should be $7000 not $5000.

JV

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Yes but shops wil charge $500-$1000 to install a swap.

basically, I think that when you have a $3000 car and $3000 parts, combined together it should be $7000 not $5000.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree, but unfortunitely it's not being realistic.

If you want to make some cash, put that money into the stock market. Cars (in most cases) are not a good "investment".

hazard_one

you just cant count everything for the price YOU paid for. modded cars will sell less than stock. thats just the way it is

built562

you never get back what you paid for it. never . you can invest like $10k but you would be lucky to get back like $6,500 or $7000. so cars are never a good investment, there are very few cars that go up in valve and a cx with 150k miles is not one of them

plus i dont think that a cx with that many miles will even get $3000

and dont part out the engine, you will get more money selling it as a swap or long block

Nikos

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by akumaracer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you never get back what you paid for it. never . you can invest like $10k but you would be lucky to get back like $6,500 or $7000. so cars are never a good investment, there are very few cars that go up in valve and a cx with 150k miles is not one of them

plus i dont think that a cx with that many miles will even get $3000

and dont part out the engine, you will get more money selling it as a swap or long block</TD></TR></TABLE>

Come on now, you know that a clean CX can get $3500 easy. :I already had 2 chances to sell it for that much, but I haven't found anything to teplace it with... not till today So I am considering getting rid of everything if my deal goes through...

Hint; look at avatar

Ziggie

A lot, if not most people don't work on the cars for the money. It's not an investment to them...

Nikos

But it can be an investment.. Just not on a Honda I guess....

Mike_C

CX w/ 150k on stock motor for 3500? lol, my cx w/ 70k on a b18b was 4k, and it was a beaut.

Nikos

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JMU1337 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">CX w/ 150k on stock motor for 3500? lol, my cx w/ 70k on a b18b was 4k, and it was a beaut.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I am not lying.. people will pay that much... depends on how long you are willing to wait

R.

when you sell a modified car you will never get as much as you put into it. you will actually get less.

JV

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by akumaracer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
plus i dont think that a cx with that many miles will even get $3000

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Trust me, you can get that much, or close to it, for a decent stock CX.

In some parts of the country there are little to no decent hatches.

Also, people are getting wise to what others are looking to use these cars for, so they are setting and getting these (IMO) rediculous prices.

It's all about supply and demand.

TYspeK EH2

i got my stock '94 CX for $2600, with 130,000 miles on it, so you can definately get them for less than that, depends on where you are located, cars can have higher values in some places and lower values in others..